Re: lynx-dev Re: size_change code

[dickey]

> On the other hand, for me on linux setting LINES or COLUMNS environment 
> variables doesn't do anything.  Nor should it: that's what `stty rows NN' 
> or `stty cols NN' are for, in case I really want to fake the screen size. 
> I'd dislike to see *this* eroded, only to recognize some (on this system) 
> unnecessary environment variables... 
>  
> I can't see any place where the lynx code checks for LINES or COLUMNS in 
> the environment.  So it must be either the curses library code that 
> checks them, or setting them could have the size effect of changing 
> the termios (or equivalent) size info (a shell could do that, but I 
> don't know of any that does). 

ncurses checks the environment; there's a function (use_env) which would
make $LINES override the value from stty, but it's not the default.  iirc,
some other curses implementations let $LINES override anyway, though it's
not specified that way.
>     Klaus 


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